James william clegg



J. W. 'CLEGG.

COMBING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ms. 12, 1920.

Patented June 28, 1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES WILLIAM CLEGG, OF OLDI-IAM, ENGLAND.

COMBING-MACHINE.

Application filed February 12, 1920. Serial No. 358,292.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WILLIAM CLEGG, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Soho Iron Works, Oldham, in the county ofLancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements inCombing- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combing machines of theNasmith type, and consists of an improved arrangement for adjusting andsetting the nipper knife and cushion plate relatively to the combcylinder.

Hitherto in combing machines of the type indicated, it has beencustomary to arrange the setting device below the cushion plate with theadjusting screw and lock nuts carried on the rocking lever below thecross bar close to the comb cylinder, and this position has been foundinconvenient and difiicult of access.

In my improved arrangement I carry the setting screw in a projection orbracket at the top of the rocking lever which position is easilyaccessible and enables the nipper knife and cushion plate to be readilyadjusted relatively to the comb cylinder.

I illustrate iny invention in the accompanying sheet of drawings inwhich Figure 1 is an elevation, partly sectional, showing my improvedadjusting mechanism applied to the rocking lever which carries thenipper knife and cushion plate;and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thesame.

In these views, A designates the nipper knife; B the cushion plate; Cthe nipper arm which is fulcrumed at C on the rocking lever D and isactuated by connections from cams or equivalents in the usual way. D isthe rocking shaft on which the lever D is fixed and by which it isoscillated in the usual way.

For the purposes of my invention I fix or form a bracket D at the top ofthe rocking lever D, and this bracket supports the head of the settingscrew E, the threaded end of which passes through a lug F, formed on thecross bar or slide F,

which is adjustably secured to the rocking lever D by a screw H passingthrough a slot D in the rocking lever.

It will thus be seen that by slackening the screw H the cross bar F withthe cushion plate B can be adjusted relatively to the comb cyhnder G byturning the setting screw E, and as the nipper knife A is pulled down bysprlngs (not shown) in the usual 'way it follows every adjustment of thecushion plate B.

That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is In a machine of the class described, thecomblnatlon of a comb cylinder and a rocking lever having a nipper knifepivotally mounted thereon above said cylinder, a slide member adjustably carried by said lever and having a cushion plate for'cooperatingwith said nipper knife, said rocking lever having an angularly extendingportion at its upper end and a perforated laterally extending lug at oneside thereof, said slide member having a rearwardly extending lugprovided with a threaded perforation in alinement with the perforationof said laterally extending lug, and a headed adjusting member passingthrough said perforation in the laterally extending lug and threaded atits lower end to engage the threaded perforation in said rearwardlyextending lug thereby to adjust the cushion plate relatively to thecylinder.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification! JAMESWILLIAM CLEGG.

Witnesses:

S. W. GILLETT, HERBER ROWLAND ABBEY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J n 28 192L

